Court case against West Hants CAO pushed to August

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People looking for more information about the incident that led to the chief administrative officer of the Municipality of West Hants landing in court on assault charges will have to wait.

Cheryl Chislett, a resident of Martock, was due in Windsor provincial court July 15 for arraignment on a charge of committing assault with a weapon. Halifax lawyer Elizabeth Buckle appeared on Chislett’s behalf.

It is alleged Chislett assaulted a 57-year-old man, reported to be her husband, with a hammer June 21.

Chislett’s husband, Richard Chislett, was identified as the complainant in court.

Speaking on behalf of Richard Chislett, Crown attorney Michael MacKenzie asked that the conditions prohibiting the accused from contacting her husband while she is on an undertaking be changed to allow her to have contact upon receiving her husband’s consent.